Sunday, 22 July 2012

On my recent trip to Manchester I went to the Feel it, Sketch it workshop with Rachel Howard (http://www.62group.org.uk/artist/rachael-howard/) at the Holden Gallery at Manchester Met University. Rachel is a member of the 62 Group of Textile Artists and the workshop concided with their 50th Anniversary Exhibition - 62@50. We had a really fun time sketching and mark making and got close up to the 62 Group handling collection which was also the basis for some of the work we did. It was a hoot!

Had a day in Manchester recently and came across this fab piece of wall art - you don't often see blue tits this size! Was on my way to Fred Aldous to stock up on a few items. It's a shop for arty crafty types - on three floors going down rather than up. If you can't get to Manchester you can always check out their website. My first ever visit ... interesting!

Thursday, 19 July 2012

Managed to finally complete something from the "To do" list which was to finish this picture - hooray! Have been indulging in experimental activity - which has been quite productive - hence the fishes and the seagull.

This is my smallest knitted wire bird yet - 3.5cm from beak to tail - may see if I can get any smaller!

Saturday, 7 July 2012

Well the sun shone for the Millthorpe Nearly Summer Holiday Fair and everybody seemed to have a lot of fun. There were craft stalls, music, fun activities, books, clothes, tombola, raffle, BBQ and cakes. It was the first Millthorpe Fair and I would say a resounding success and Hippystitch enjoyed taking part.

Friday, 6 July 2012

Thanks to everyone who braved the torrential rain to join us all in Fulford today. We had a great time, met lots of lovely people and ate cake - what could be better. Well ..... we also raised £75 for the NSPCC!

And for those of you who haven't taken a trip out to Thorganby to visit the Jefferson Arms then now's the time. It's a family run pub with great food and you can visit Jethro's (see below) who joined us today in the form of Vicky & Lisa and their fab Jethro stock. There were also Nicola's great cards including those by Lucy Monkman - check them out ...

Sunday, 1 July 2012

Happened to be in Leamington Spa today and came across a fantastic shop called "Berylune". Lots of lovely goodies with a very friendly, helpful shopkeeper (does anyone say that anymore?) It was just great. Here are some snaps to tempt you ...

I came away with quite a haul of fab bits & bobs.

And if you can't get to Leamington Spa - guess what ... they've got a website. How great is that?

About Me

I create contemporary jewellery and textiles, making use of constructed fabric, buttons and other stuff too. And when I’m not doing that I’m probably yarnstorming, planning the next yarnstorming project or blogging about what I’ve seen, what I’m doing or what I’ve learnt.